After completing her final year of residency, Dr. Sophia Rodriguez will head to Albequerque, New Mexico to pursue a forensic pathology fellowship in the state’s Office of the Medical Investigator. The prestigious and competitive year-long program - it accepts only four fellows per year - is located on the campus of the University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, and offers budding coroners a fertile training ground.

Medical geneticist Harry Ostrer, MD, and several Einstein faculty members and their research are featured in a National Geographic cover story on the potential genetic roots of longevity. Dr. Ostrer provides insight into the some likely genetic factors of healthy aging and the varied physiological and behavioral outcomes of these factors.

The Einstein website recently featured Dr. Herbert Tanowitz and his work with Trypanosoma cruzi, the cause of Chagas Disease. He says the persistent infection is “the most important neglected tropical disease of mankind.”
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